CAT230223: Getting Started with Differentiation: An Introduction or a Refresher
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Getting Started with Differentiation:

An Introduction or a Refresher

 

This session is designed to help teachers, school leaders, & other key personnel in developing a framework of understanding that supports planning for effective differentiation. It should be useful as a refresher for teachers who have been learning about differentiation and growing its practices in the classroom, teachers who are just beginning a focus on differentiation, and school leaders who would like an opportunity to reinforce or extend their understanding of differentiation. Participants will examine and analyze the intent of differentiation, its key components, and what differentiation asks of teachers in regard to those key components. There will be time for participant discussions in small groups as well as opportunities for questions and answers with the group as a whole.

Objectives/Outcomes

Participants will:

  1. Extend their understanding of the key elements of effective differentiation (learning environment, curriculum, formative assessment, responsive instruction, & leading students & managing routines in a differentiated classroom).
  2. Analyze specific principles and practices in these key areas that lead to extended growth for a wide spectrum of learners.
  3. Consider ways in which current instructional practices support effective differentiation.
  4. Consider ways in which instructional practices may need to be modified or replaced to support differentiation and maximize learner growth.

 



About the Presenter: Dr Carol Ann Tomlinson

CAT PhotoCarol Ann Tomlinson is William Clay Parrish, Jr. Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education where she served as Chair of Educational Leadership, Foundations, and Policy, and Co-Director of the University's Institutes on Academic Diversity. Prior to joining the faculty at UVa, she was a public school teacher for 21 years. During that time, she taught students in high school, preschool, and middle school and also administered programs for struggling and advanced learners. She was Virginia's Teacher of the Year in 1974. Carol is also a member of the Singapore Principals Academy's International Advisory Panel.

Carol is the author of over 300 books, book chapters, articles, and other educational materials including: How to Differentiate Instruction in Academically Diverse Classrooms (3rd Ed.), The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners (2nd Ed.), Fulfilling the Promise of the Differentiated Classroom, (with Jay McTighe) Differentiating Instruction and Understanding by Design, (with Kay Brimijoin and Lane Narvaez) The Differentiated School, (with Marcia Imbeau) Leading and Managing a Differentiated Classroom, (with David Sousa) Differentiation and the Brain: How Neuroscience Supports the Learner-Friendly Classroom (2nd Ed.), (with Tonya Moon) Assessment in a Differentiated Classroom: A Guide for Student Success, and (with Mike Murphy) Leading for Differentiation: Growing Teachers who Grow kids. Her books on differentiation are available in 14 languages.

Carol was named Outstanding Professor at Curry in 2004 and received an All-University Teaching Award in 2008. In 2019, she was ranked #8 in the Education Week Edu-Scholar Public Presence Rankings of 200 "University-based academics who are contributing most substantially to public debates about schools and schooling," and as the #3 voice in Educational Psychology. She works throughout the United States and internationally with educators who seek to create classrooms that are more effective with academically diverse student populations.

 


 

Registration Details

Course Code: CAT230223

Topic: Getting Started with Differentiation: An Introduction or a Refresher

Presenter: Professor Carol Ann Tomlinson

Date: 23 February 2023 Thursday

Time: 9.00 am to 12.00 pm Singapore Time GMT+8

Mode of Delivery: via Zoom

Closing date: 27 January 2023

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Workshop Fee: S$200.00 per participant. For every five paid participants, the sixth participant will attend for free. Fees are subject to GST.

Other Information: Registration is on a first-come-first-serve basis. No refunds will be made for cancellations or in the case of absentees. The Academy accepts replacements for registered participants who cannot attend for whatever reasons.

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